They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
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Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? } Refrão
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. /
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They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Refrão
Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now.
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Late last night I heard a screen door slam,
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Refrão
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.